THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

This. We signed 2 shit right backs on loan ffs. It was an absolute disaster of a transfer window.

Weird thing is most of this is linked with other things. If you say the recruitment has been poor then that is down to Sweeting. If you blame the training ground fiasco then Winkies short sightedness is the problem. Personally quick fixes do not yield big results. As I say the decline has been over years. It will take years for things to improve. So calm your shit folks.

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It's the hope that kills you

Interesting to note only 4% of the votes felt SL was to blame.

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Being tortured for over 90 minutes on a weekly basis is taking its toll.

... or at least those people don't put him in their *top three* to blame. As others have said, you can make a case for every option above being an ingredient in the cocktail of shit that is MK Dons!

SL is not *blameless* and cannot argue with being fired. He had half his Crawley team here in the end but just couldn't inspire or organise them to get a result.

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"you don't seem to understand much about football" - Zeberdee

It could be argued Lindsey's influence has led to the recruitment and churn of players

Also interesting that 18% blame the training ground fiasco, that’s not a new thing, we’ve endured this from the outset, even got promoted to the championship training on dog shit infested pitches.

This needs addressing urgently, but we can’t use it as an excuse for playing so bad on match days

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Thanks for running this - very revealing - sorry I left it too late for the end of the poll being brought forward by events.
Here's the updated results after including my three votes:

Which of these factors do you feel are most to blame for the Dons decline?

The training ground fiasco 19% [ 20 ]
The constant churn of players 18% [ 19 ]
Liam Sweeting 13% [ 14 ]
Poor recruitment 13% [ 14 ]
Pete Winkelman 9% [ 10 ]
Fans demand for instant success 9% [ 10 ]
Other 5% [ 5 ]
Sacking managers too soon 5% [ 5 ]
Scott Lindsay 4% [ 4 ]
Graham Alexander 2% [ 2 ]
The match experience 2% 2% [ 2 ]
Mark Jackson 1% [ 1 ]
Keeping managers too long 1% [ 1 ]
Mike Williamson 1% [ 1 ]
Local journalists not asking the right questions 1% [ 1 ]
Liam Manning 0% [ 0 ]

Total votes : 109

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